Wow... May came back to childcare awhile today.
So happy to see her la.
I like to work with her, but she quitted her job last week. So sad.

I'm quite happy today at Jerry's and Jasmine's house for gathering. Double J's!
The mother so entertaining and funny.
I'm so happy with today's simple dinner too.
And i even ate 2 bowls of rice. Yummy!

Yesha! at last, i can have a good rest today.
Not enough rest this few days. Tired.
CAN WAKE UP LATE TML!! YAY YAY!!

Yesterday company Mei ling to her school to see her helping out in teaching and conducting the angklung members. Quite cool.

After that went to church for prayer meeting. Quite tired after that.

Tml work until 7pm then chiong for choir practise.

Blogging using Mei ling's dad's laptop.
Chinese New Year has ended for me.
Nothing much as usual...
But I'm kinda glad to see my mother's side cousins as they have grown alot now.

Just now in Mei Ling's house having reunion dinner with James, Wen Jun, Mei Ling and Jeremy.
I keep on joking at the table and we laugh like mad plus i did all sorts of funny actions. Quite fun! hardly will see me so crazy now.
Quite memoriable for Mei ling too.. to see me doing all sorts of silly actions as i usually did in the past.
Me and Wen Jun laugh until we cannot tahan.


New Year Pics

On Friday the childcare celebrated Chinese New Year.
I'm involved to wear the doll head with another teacher Mrs Vivi Ong to dance around the children. Abit paiseh but fun.



Also got to wear the lion head for the lion dance.
3 other teachers were involved too.
The supervisor wants us to peel the mandarin oranges as we wore the lion head.
After peeling the mandarin orange, need to form a number.
The teachers were surprised with the numbers on the floor 7878.
I'm the last lion so used the orange to form the pattern 8. Actually wanna do number 7, but the number seems abit funny to me although is my favourite number.
If not will be 7877.
From there can see how worldly they are as the numbers were formed and they even bought 4D with the numbers after that.
The oranges number still left it in a tray and to put it at the childcare till thursday when childcare opens.
They think like that will strike lottery.

Yesterday after church went down to uncle ah mee's house to help out to do jiao zi.
I got to play with Faith the dog and basketball with few people.
And even took the opportunity to talk, to hang around with the new nurses.
It was fun after all... quite happy.

Had reunion dinner at my house just now.
We even celebrated Maximillion's Birthday too.
MAX! Happy 5th Birthday!

hmm.. so hard for me to blog again.
hardly to have the time to blog now.
This is the only place whereby you will know what I'm doing and thinking though sometimes i never tell anybody about it. You will find my stories here.
This week, can say how weak and lousy i am in many things.
In conclusion, shall take a step at a time. :)


Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time.

Verse 1]
Hurry up and wait
So close, but so far away
Everything that you've always dreamed of
Close enough for you to taste
But you just can't touch

[Bridge]
You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face and the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting
We live and we learn to take

[Chorus]
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen when it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

[Verse 2]
You believe and you doubt
You're confused, you got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

[Bridge]
You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face and the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting
We live and we learn to take

[Chorus]
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen when it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

[Verse 3]
When you can't wait any longer
But there's no end in sight
It's the faith that makes you stronger
The only way we get there
Is one step at a time

[Chorus]
Take one step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen when it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

[Chorus]
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen when it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

Currently feeling Sick, Exhausted and Tired!
I find it hard to smile sometimes.
I even smile for the sake of smilling to tell people that i'm fine.
A lot of things running in my mind but will just put it a side first.
Just need to be conscious and alert next time.
Shall not say much becoz i'm quite confused myself.
So pray that i will be fine or getting better in few days later.

Give me oil in my lamp to keep me burning.

Went to bugis yesterday to buy chinese new year clothes after meeting Jasmine, Imouto and Mei ling at J8. Spent alot of money too.

Started the english night class today.
Overall was ok but tiring and drowsy as i have a flu.
Urgh.. having a bad block nose now.
I wonder, will i get to sleep peacefully later?

wooo... my house got new body wash shower gel. I like the smell too.
Nuture's Bath by Follow me brand. Botanical Foam shower gel. Wee..

Anyway, today abit stress becoz i'm the only assitant teacher with another teacher in class.
So i need to remember alot of things. I even wrote down what i need to do on a piece of paper in case i forget.
Everything went quite smoothly.

I bath for the children today..
Quite fun to see how brave children were when i rinsed on the hair.

It seems like a test for me to do what assitant teacher needs to do today.
And how well you can manage everything. Not easy...

Tml, my work will be the same as today.

Ouch! i bit my tongue just now when i chew my fishball.

Chouldn't help it with the pain...

So just stick out my tongue for few seconds as i knew that it was bleeding.

Now i feel that there is this layer of skin at the tip of my tongue.

Why Do People Say "Bless You" When You Sneeze?

For many of us, saying "Bless you" or "Gesundheit" following someone else's sneeze is a conditioned response or reflexive action. Whenever we hear a loud sneeze, the next words out of our mouths will be a blessing of some description. But why do we say "Bless you" immediately following someone else's sneeze? Essentially, it's because of centuries of religion and tradition. By not saying "Bless you" or something similar, you may be setting yourself up for an even bigger problem down the road.
From some interpretations of the Judeo-Christian point of view, our hearts and minds have nothing on our nostrils. When God decided to create Man from the dust of the Earth, He blew the spirit of life into Man's nostrils. In many other religions, the nostrils are considered to be a gateway between the spiritual and physical worlds. Whenever someone sneezes, he or she may be expelling some of the life forces or spirits sent by the Creator. By saying "Bless you", it is believed that you are preventing evil spirits from entering the sufferer's body through the nostrils.
There is also a theory that during the Dark and Middle Ages, a violent sneeze was often a precursor of dreaded diseases such as the plague. Whenever someone sneezed, those closest to him or her issued an immediate "Bless you" to ward off the evil forces which led to disease and suffering. The blessing wasn't so much for the health of the sneezer, but for the continued good health of those who came in contact with the expelled mucus. Some sources say Pope Gregory I popularized the common use of blessings as he reflexively blessed those who sneezed in his presence.
The very act of sneezing may also prompt a "Bless you" response from onlookers, especially if it is a powerful blast. Some common rumors about sneezing suggest that a person's heart may stop beating, the pressure could induce a stroke or the eyes may be blown out of their sockets during a violent sneeze. The immediate "bless you" response is thought to be an expression of gratitude that the sneezer did not experience any of those events. The German blessing Gesundheit literally means ";May you be called healthy", and most likely entered the American vernacular following the immigration of the Pennsylvania Dutch and other German populations.

Hmm.. what do you think?
I always thought that people just made up to say "Bless You" when somebody sneezed.
I even told my friends that if you sneeze more than a time, i don't think is a blessing but you probably going to be sick.
I won't take this as a blessing when somebody sneezed.
Blessings comes from God and not by somebody sneezes
The bible didn't even teach us by sneezing is a blessing.

So it was 'A centuries of religion and tradition' that passes down to 21 centuries.
Nowadays you will still hear people saying "Bless You!" when you sneezed.

Today stick to Siying more..
I've plan to train her to sit on the chair along when she got distracted by toys or she watches the tv. Sleep on the bed as well rather to carry her and to shake her to sleep.
My arms were aching pain when i carried her around.

Today, Sarah can sleep by herself rather to have Bernice sleeping beside her.
Edryan, i taught him to feed by himself during lunch time.
Rachel was trained to eat by herself now.

Glad to see each children's improvement and growth.

Today Ong, the form teacher not around.
So i play my role as a form teacher in class today though i'm not.
Tay guided me along. I've learnt alot of things from her since beginning till now.

I'm Exhausted..my whole body gonna break apart.
It's been very tired for the past two days.
Need to settle down the 4 new children in childcare.
They cry easily especially Si Ying and Sarah.

Today abit scary, got to handle all 4 new children when they cry.
When other teachers call them, they should go to the teacher but they come to me.
But now can handle Si Ying to stop her from crying is to stay by her side.


This photo not very nice becoz his eyes look sleepy.
Edryan, a malay boy and i think he is only 2 years old?
A handsome boy, got big round eyes and have a sweet smile on his face.
He has a very unique fringe whereby will stand and stay by itself in that particular side of his head.
No matter how i mess up his hair, the fridge will still stay the same.

Edryan,
He will say "Ah Na~" if he cries. So i will imitate him saying "AH NA, AH NA~"

Now my class seems to be like Infant care. 4 new children take turns to cry and i need to carry them. Like wise for other teachers needed to carry the children too. If not they will just keep crying.

2008 photo taking. Not every children came for the photo taking too. sad!

So tired today!
my arms are breaking as well.
Now my class only have about 10 or 11 children in Playgroup and Nursery 1.
The rest have level up to Nursery 2, so they will be in other class.
3 new children in childcare too. Alex, Si Ying and Bernice cousin Sarah.
Alex throw tantrum easily... abit headache.
Si Ying, nap time got problem, need to carry her to make her sleep.
Sarah, will cry if she thought of Bernice. So Bernice need to stick with Sarah the whole day today as Bernice is in N2 class now.


Bernice and Sarah



Trisha

I slept in the train, kept nodding here and there. So Paiseh.

Welcome party for the new nurses at the hostel today.
ok abit headache just now... maybe sleepy ba.

Anyway i took few photos again. :)

Went out today with 6 New nurses, Liu Lei, Sheng Wei, Jing Jing, Ran Ran and Imouto at Ps and City Hall

At the esplanade, as two singers checking the sound etc.. with the PA crew there, one of the lady kept singing YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!

Me and Imouto kept imitating how the lady sing and laugh. I even added few movement/dance to the Yeah Yeah Yeah~ song.

After that went out with Imouto to Marina Square. Quite fun!

few photos taken...

2009!

Welcome 2009!
Having thanksgiving night at Dr Ho's house.
Good to see many brothers and sisters coming up to share and to give thanks to God for what He had done this year. Count the blessings. :)
Had a wonderful time taking our 1/1/2009 photos with the rest..

This morning, Me and Imouto went to cut our hair.
New Year Hair Style!
So easy to style Imouto's hair now.

I better go and sleep now, tml need to wake up early for new nurses outing.